Greywolf...I think you hit it right on, after messing around,looking for possible mice damage I took the tank off, fiddled around some more then took the top plug out,and cleaned it...tried to get to the front one but gave up as I wasn't about to drain coolant. Put the tank back on and just for the heck of it tried it....it fired off sputter for a few seconds while I kept starting then it ran rough then cleared right up and is A OK now..

What I don't understand is why it would of flooded, I didnt give it any throtlle before I started it....the battery sounds good and held up to me many extended attempts to start.....?????

I think the flooding reference came from a Yahoo group question. I didn't mention it here because you said you had no spark. Be careful about such guesses as they can hide the true cause. Test for spark before saying there is no spark.

Flooding from opening the throttle only comes from accelerator pumps in carburetors. In non pumping carbs or fuel injection, opening the throttle results in more air. That's why opening the throttle on our bikes is a counter to flooding. The most typical cause of flooding in a Strom is heat from the ambient atmosphere, from sunlight on a parked bike or engine heat warming the tank. In models with charcoal canisters, excess fuel vapor travels through the tank vent, into the canister and out to the intakes. The first thing to try on a Strom that cranks but won't fire is to open the throttle. Leaky injectors can also cause flooding but that's extremely rare.

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